8 z Vegetable Statich. 
tc great numbers of plants that were not 
u flickered. 
“ Every thing was now at a ftand; the 
<c Apricot and Teach bloffoms continued 
‘ c turgid ; but not being opened they fuf- 
<£ fered very little; the Laurus Tinus's fuf- 
u fered extreamly by thislaft fevere feafon, 
<c cfpecially where the Snow had been melt- 
“ ed from their roots. 
C£ This Snow went off with a violent 
£< South-weft wind, which was very bleak 
<c and cold, and where the fun had no ac- 
€C cefs the Snow lay till the 12th of March , 
<c at which time we had for fix days very 
“ mild weather, which occafioned our put- 
“ ting abroad our Carnations , whereby we 
(c loft mo ft of them. The wind continued 
<£ cold, varying from the South-weft to the 
North-weft, and fometimes North-caft 1 
“ and upon the 23d day it was very cold, 
Ci the wind at North-weft and, by North; 
“ in the evening the fun was clouded, and 
“ the wind abated, the Mercury in the Ba- 
fi£ rometer fell at night 5 at two a clock the 
“ next morning a violent Hurricane at 
“ North-eaft brought a Snow in many 
“ places 6 , 10, and 12 feet deep, with a 
moil piercing cold $ the fnow continued 
